Fall is a wonderful time of year here in the Northeast - USA

I just couldn't choose - so here are a few titles to share in the next month or so . . . http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/fall/kids-books/

 Previous posts on Fall can be found at
http://teachingreaderstothink.blogspot.com/2010/09/why-do-why-do-leaves-change-color-by.html

http://teachingreaderstothink.blogspot.com/2010/09/red-leaf-yellow-leaf-by-lois-ehlert.html

Picking Apples And Pumpkins by Amy Hutchings, Richard Hutchings (Illustrator)
Spend the day with Kristy, her family, and two best friends as they pick apples and pumpkins at Battleview Orchards in New Jersey. It's a great book to use for fall that doesn't use pumpkins strictly for halloween.

 Autumn: An Alphabet Acrostic by Steven Schnur, Leslie Evans (Illustrator)
One brief acrostic poem for each letter of the alphabet from acorn to zero follows the fall season from end of summer to chilly conclusion. Each poem describes an aspect of the fall season.
An autumn riddle is presented for each letter of the alphabet. Marvelous hand colored illustrations provide sharp clues to the answers. The answer is spelled out in the first letter of each line.

How Do Apples Grow? by Betsy Maestro, Giulio Maestro
Apples Have you ever eaten a part of a flower? You have if you have eaten an apple! Find out how an apple grows from bud to flower to fruit--ready for you to pick!

Every Thing On It by Shel Silverstein

Anyone that has ever read any of Shel Silverstein's books is probably still chuckling to themselves!  Here is a newly released book (well scheduled for a September 20, 2011 release) that does not disappoint!
The poems and drawings in the book were selected by family members from his archives -- Silverstein died in 1999 -- and care has been taken to echo his best-known works.  To read a review - http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2011/03/shel-silversteins-september-book-revealed.html
 A link to Shel Silverstein's website complete with drawing animation - http://www.shelsilverstein.com/indexSite.html

 

Here is a sample - 

A spider lives inside my head
Who weaves a strange and wondrous web
Of silken threads and silver strings
To catch all sorts of flying things,
Like crumbs of thought and bits of smiles
And specks of dried-up tears,
And dust of dreams that catch and cling
For years and years and years . . .

September 11

There are many children's books to explain, review, recognize this day in lots of different ways. 
Check out these links - http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/911/kids-books/, http://rakstagemom.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/911-books-for-children/,
http://sandysprings.macaronikid.com/article/175671/childrens-books-about-911

This book deals just with the NYC attack - "September 11, 2001: Attack on New York City, a nonfiction children's book about the terrorist attacks on New York City is the result of author Wilborn Hampton's desire to help younger readers understand what happened on September 11, 2001 in New York City. Hampton does this through photographs, interviews and an account of his own experiences that day and the days afterward."